Call the office
The desk is open every day from 8 AM to 8 PM at (305) 701-4572. Say where the building is and what the roof is doing.
Shingle roofing
Asphalt shingles under a long Miami sun
Shingles are less common here than tile, and they still cover plenty of houses in Kendall, Doral, Weston, and on additions all over Miami-Dade. Heat ages them. Wind tests the edges. Elite Roofing Company of Miami LLC repairs and replaces them.
Miami
Request a call. Four steps. We call back between 8 AM and 8 PM from the Miami office.
What heat and rain do to asphalt
A shingle is asphalt and granules over a mat. In a cooler state it can look the same for a long time. In Miami-Dade the sun softens the asphalt, granules wash into the gutters, and the tabs dry out. A roof that is only a decade into its life can already be brittle at the south slope, because that slope takes the sun.
Leaks on a shingle roof cluster at the details. Pipe boots crack in a ring around the vent. Step flashing pulls out of a stucco wall. Valley metal disappears under a smear of old cement. Nail pops lift a tab. The field can be intact while one of those details feeds a stain.
Ventilation is part of a shingle roof. Hot attics cook the underside. Intake at the eave and an open ridge let the attic breathe. A new shingle roof that seals every opening and leaves the attic as an oven will age from below. The visit looks in the attic when there is a hatch.
Wind in this hurricane zone gets under the starter course. A new shingle roof is fastened for that, and the permit office in Miami-Dade or Broward reviews it. The street sees a clean slope. The performance is in the nails, the starter, and the edge metal.
Shingles in the same frame as flat roofs
A Miami block can hold both. The shingle slope still needs its own flashing and its own nails.
When a shingle roof can be repaired
One lifted tab, one boot, one flashing: those are repairs if the surrounding shingles still have granules and still flex. A slope that cracks when it is lifted is past repair. Matching color on an older roof is imperfect, and the notes say that before the work starts.
A replacement strips to the deck, repairs wood, lays underlayment, and shingles the field with new edge metal and new boots. Laying a second layer over a tired Miami roof traps heat and hides the deck. The office does that conversation on the roof, not from a brochure.
Call (305) 701-4572 daily, 8 AM to 8 PM. Say shingle, say the city, and say whether you are looking at a whole house or an addition. The office is at 2341 NW 34th St, Miami, FL 33142.
How a visit works
Shingle visits follow the five steps. Granules in the gutter and a cracked boot are useful things to mention on the call.
A visit in those hours
A roofer looks at the slopes, the edges, the penetrations, and the drains from the places that are safe to walk.
A plain description
You hear what is visible: the material, the flashing, and any opening the rain is using. The notes stay in ordinary language.
Repair or a new roof
Repair stays in the conversation when the rest of the roof can remain. A new roof is the conversation when the deck, the underlayment, or the field of the roof is worn through.
Insurance stays with you
If you want a claim, you call your insurer. The visit describes the roof. The insurer decides the claim.
Questions about this work
Are shingles a bad choice in Miami?
They are a real roof here when they are fastened for the wind and the attic can breathe. They age faster in this sun than tile does. The visit says what the ones on your house are doing.
Can you match a repair to old shingles?
The profile can match. The color will be close, not perfect, because sun fades the old field. The notes say that up front.
What is the white grit in my gutter?
Often granules from the shingles. A light scatter can be normal. A handful after every storm means the mat is losing its coat.
Do you replace shingles with tile?
Only when the deck can carry the weight. That is a look at the structure, not a color swap.